Tuesday, October 30, 2012

PHOTOGRAPHER'S JOURNAL: What is it about these Virginia foothills that makes them feel so different from similar topography in New England? Perhaps it is the character of autumn in Virginia that made me feel it so distinctly this time, the way it connects landscape and architecture. Rusty roofs and rustic, gray wood are the dominant barn type. Many seem survivals from an era of subsistence farming now vanishing like the season. These provide a different garnish to Virginia's fall display, a display that favors rust over brilliant red and yellow. No matter how I try to name attributes, the distinction eludes me, but I don't think I would ever mistake this farm for one in New England. In any case, hurricane Sandy has now wiped away the season in both places.

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